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9 A Cold Welcome
On Wednesday evening
,
we
went
to the Town Hall
.
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It
was
the last day of the year
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and
a large crowd of people
had
gathered
under the Town Hall clock
.
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It
would
strike
twelve
in twenty minutes' time
.
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Fifteen minutes
passed
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and
then
,
at five to twelve
,
the clock
stopped
.
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The big minute hand
did
not
move
.
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We
waited and waited
,
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but
nothing
happened
.
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Suddenly
someone
shouted
,
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'
It
's
two minutes past twelve
!
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The clock
has
stopped
!'
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I
looked
at my watch
.
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It
was
true
.
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The big clock
refused
to welcome the New Year
.
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At that moment
,
everybody
began
to laugh and sing
.
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*time marker
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c(conjunction)
i(interjection)
s(subject)
j(jump word)
n(not)
y(yellow infinitive)
xv(extension of the verb)
v(orange verb)
xs(extension of the subject)
o(object)
m(adverb of manner)
p(adverb of place)
t(adverb of time)